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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel today named the CWI President’s XI squad to face England Jahmar Hamilton, the wicket-keeper/batsman, has been named as captain and the squad includes six players with Test match experience. These are batsmen: Sunil Ambris, Jermaine Blackwood and Vishaul Singh; allrounder Raymon Reifer; and fast bowlers Alzarri…

St. JOHN’S, Antigua – Darren Bravo looks set to return to the West Indies Championship scene for the first time in three years when only two of the matches in the fourth round are contested, starting tomorrow. The WINDIES left-hander is likely to give a huge boost to the batting of the Trinidad & Tobago…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies, Caribbean Professional League organisers and the University of the West Indies Faculty of Sport are teaming up to host the first ever World University Twenty20 Tournament. The three bodies have come together to be part of the Tournament, which is the only one of its kind at the…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies has hailed the improvement of fitness levels of the WINDIES Men over the last year and introduced a new benchmark for testing of players’ stamina and endurance. Of all teams under its care, including the six territorial franchises, which were evaluated using a battery of tests with the…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel named a strong and experienced Windies Women’s Squad for a two-week training camp in Antigua. They are preparing for the upcoming series against Pakistan and will start net sessions from Wednesday at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. The 20-member squad includes 14 of the 15 the…

Permaul triggers ‎Jaguars victory over star-studded Pride; Edwards, Hodge lead Volcanoes past Scorpions; Joseph, Cornwall help Hurricanes blow away Red Force ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – All three visiting teams completed victory in their matches in the West Indies Championship on Monday. Veteran left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul triggered a second innings batting collapse of the star-studded…

Jaguars take 188-run, first innings lead over Pride; Red Force under pressure against Hurricanes; Volcanoes, Scorpions in titanic battle ST. JOHN’S, Antigua– All three matches in the West Indies Championship seem headed for intriguing finishes after play on Sunday. Veteran left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul helped bowl front-runners and four-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars to a…

Star-studded Pride under pressure to avoid follow-on against Jaguars; career-best spell for Powell, but Volcanoes hit back against Scorpions; Solozano spares Red Force blushes against Hurricanes ST. JOHN’S, Antigua– A second first-class hundred for wicketkeeper/batsman Anthony Bramble and a career-best spell for WINDIES all-rounder Rovman Powell were the eye-catching performances in the West Indies Championship…

Jaguars enjoy run feast against Pride; Hurricanes resist Red Force charge; career-best spell from Kavem Hodge give Volcanoes early edge against Scorpions.   ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Openers Chandrapaul Hemraj and Montcin Hodge marked the re-start of the West Indies Championship with momentous hundreds on Friday. Hemraj survived a chance before lunch to lead a…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The return of a number of WINDIES stars – headed by fit-again Test and One-day International captain Jason Holder – will be the key feature of the third round of matches in the West Indies Championship, starting tomorrow. Holder was sidelined from the recent WINDIES Tour of Bangladesh, due to a…

DHAKA, Bangladesh- The WINDIES ended their 3-month long tour of Asia on a winning note, when they defeated Bangladesh by 50 runs in the third T20 International to win the series 2-1, at the Sher-E-Bangla stadium in Dhaka. Sent in to bat first, Evin Lewis and Shai Hope provided fireworks from their bats as they…

DHAKA, Bangladesh- The WINDIES lost the 2nd T20 International by 36 runs at the Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, allowing Bangladesh to level the series with one match to play on Saturday, December, 22. Bangladesh 211/4 (20overs), WINDIES 175 all out (19.2 overs). Carlos Brathwaite won the toss and elected to bowl first in…

SYLHET, Bangladesh- The WINDIES demolished Bangladesh by 5 wickets to win the First T20 International at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium and take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first. The only valuable contributions of their innings came from their skipper Shakib Al Hasan who top-scored…

Shillingford stars in Volcanoes victory over Red Force ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Four-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars completed their second win of the West Indies Championship today, when they brushed aside Leeward Islands Hurricanes by nine wickets here. The Jaguars victory came before lunch on the final day of their top-of-the-table, second round contest at…

Permaul gives Jaguars the edge over Hurricanes; Volcanoes step up bid for victory against Red Force ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Miguel Cummins and WINDIES teammate Jomel Warrican bowled Barbados Pride to a stunning, come-from-behind, 41-run victory over Jamaica Scorpions in the West Indies Championship today. Cummins and Warrican defied a lengthy stoppage for rain to…

SYLHET, Bangladesh- The WINDIES lost the 3rd One Day International by 8 wickets and the series 2-1 against Bangladesh at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet. Rovman Powell lost the toss for the first time in three matches, Bangladesh immediately elected to bowl first, remembering the first ODI, which saw the WINDIES capitulate for…

SYLHET, Bangladesh- Cricket West Indies Selection Panel has named a 15-man squad to play Bangladesh in three (3) T20 Internationals on December 17, 20, 22 in Bangladesh. The selection sees the return of Evin Lewis, Kesrick Williams and Sheldon Cottrell. Absent from this Bangladesh series will be Kieron Pollard and Obed McCoy due to injury. Nicholas…

Veteran leg-spinner Imran Khan, the Red Force captain, grabs headlines with career-best spell ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Front-runners Leeward Islands Hurricanes hit back with a couple of early wickets, but four-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars still held the edge in their top-of-the-table clash in the West Indies Championship on Thursday here. Hurricanes struck twice before…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – One of the fiercest rivalries in the regional game will be renewed when early front-runners Leeward Islands Hurricanes and four-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars grab the spotlight in the second round of the West Indies Championship, starting on Thursday.  The clash between the two first-round winners here at the Vivian Richards…

DHAKA, Bangladesh- Shai Hope restored a spark in the WINDIES, smashing a brilliant 146 not out, his third ODI century to see the WINDIES win the 2nd ODI against Bangladesh by 4 wickets and level the series at 1-1. The WINDIES batted second after winning the toss, on a pitch that Captain Rovman Powell felt…

Reigning champs overcome Athanaze, Gabriel to beat Volcanoes; Warde, Joseph bowl Hurricanes to victory over Pride  ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Four-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars defied half-centuries from former WINDIES Under-19 star, Alick Athanaze and opener Tarryck Gabriel to open the West Indies Championship season with a comfortable 125-run victory over Windward Islands Volcanoes on Sunday.…

DHAKA, Bangladesh- The WINDIES lost by 5 wickets in the first One Day International against Bangladesh at the Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. WINDIES posted 195/9 in 50 overs, Bangladesh reached 196/5 in 35.1 overs. The WINDIES won the toss and elected to bat first on a pitch that looked like it wouldn’t offer…

Jaguars strike early after setting Volcanoes big target; Pride suffered early setback in chase against Hurricanes  ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Guyana Jaguars snared two early wickets to follow a strong second innings batting performance led by Tagenarine Chanderpaul that put them on course for victory against Windward Islands Volcanoes in the West Indies Championship on Saturday.…